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In August, the 1975’s George Daniel released his debut solo song “Screen Cleaner” on his new Dirty Hit imprint, dh2. The track was a clubby, skittish outburst; today, he’s back with the more contemplative electronic sprawl “Chlorine.”  » Read More

We last heard from Pet Symmetry exactly a year ago with the song “Big Island.” The Chicago emo band returned on Friday (Nov. 1) with the sonorous elegy “Big Steve,” an ode to the late New Jersey producer, sound engineer, and tour manager Steve Poponi.  » Read More

In less than two weeks, Maxo Kream with unleash Personification, the follow-up to 2021’s Weight Of The World, which was our Album Of The Week. On Friday (Nov. 1), the Houston rapper released the final single “Big Hoe Me.”  » Read More

On Friday (Nov. 1), Secretly Canadian released 4 Hits & A Miss, a career-spanning compilation by the late prolific musician Richard Swift. The album includes an unreleased song titled “Common Law.”  » Read More

In 2019, Hayley Williams joined Kacey Musgraves at her Nashville gig for a performance of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” On Friday (Nov. 1), the Paramore leader sang that 1983 hit again in Nashville, this time with Cyndi Lauper herself during Lauper’s concert.  » Read More

Imogen Heap has finally released her trippy new track “What Have You Done To Me?” It’s a song she’s been working on for years, even previewing it in the Calm app in January. It’s actually ironic that “What Have You Done To Me?,” which reworks the long-famous melody to “Hide And Seek”  » Read More

Norwegian rock/metal/punk shriekers Kvelertak released their fifth album Endling in fall 2023 (“Krøterveg Te Helvete” was one of Scott’s favorite songs of last year). This week, however, the band announced via Instagram that founding guitarist Bjarte Lund Rolland would be leaving the band before Kvelertak are set to embark on an upcoming EU tour.  » Read More

Eddie Murphy has signed on to play George Clinton in a new biopic about the Parliament-Funkadelic legend, Variety reports. The casting that was rumored well over two years ago has officially come to pass.  » Read More

The musician filed his lawsuit on the fourth anniversary of his Madvillainy collaborator MF Doom’s death. Doom’s widow is also suing Eothen “Egon” Alapatt.  » Read More